Jen & Ryan’s Dream Geek Wedding at The Jim Henson Company Lot

Jim Henson Studio Geek Wedding – Rebel Belle Weddings

Monday, February 10, 2014

After attempting to pen this blog post several times without making any progress, I have now come to terms with the fact that I just don’t know how to even BEGIN telling you about Jen and Ryan’s wedding. You may remember their Save The Date from our previous post.

Geek Wedding Save The Dates – Rebel Belle Weddings

That was just a hint of things to come in the actual wedding. That day…the day I want to tell you about…there was Just. So. Much. SOOOO much good stuff! I’m honestly at a loss. Probably because I’m a geek, and this particular wedding is bursting with so many incredible details from so many fandoms that all I want to do is that thing that we geeks do when we get excited: Scream, and shout, and OMGOMGOMG share the love with other geeks. Like this:

Using the Force on their Star Wars Wedding Stormtroopers – Rebel Belle Weddings

AND A WORKING R2D2. WORKING!!! LIKE SERIOUSLY BEEP BOOP BEEP WORKING!!

“Only Hope” Bride & R2D2 Star Wars Wedding – Rebel Belle Weddings

You see? You see how this is going?!? I’m not kidding. This whole post is rapidly going to devolve into a mess of crazy fangirl sqeeing about the fact that there was a FLIPPING USS ENTER-PIES Star Trek pie stand!!!

So I’d better dial it back a bit and try…just try…to tell you a story about one of the coolest couples a nerdy wedding planner could ever hope to geek out with.

Mission Matrimony – Achievement Unlocked! Rebel Belle Weddings

Jen & Ryan. What a couple! As bonded in their love for each other as they are in their mega-fandom, which they worked hard, so incredibly hard, at incorporating into their wedding. First up, they wanted to make sure they chose a venue that held some type of connection, meaning and special resonance for them. And they found it. What better place to host a wedding-slash-ode to geek love than The Jim Henson Company Lot.

The Historic Jim Henson Company Lot – Rebel Belle Weddings

To begin, the ceremony aisle was lined with Lightsabers…

Star Wars Lightsaber wedding aisle decor

…which were ultimate hoisted by designated Jedi Masters…

Star Wars Wedding Jedi Master Reserved Sign – Rebel Belle Weddings

…to form a rather appropriate recessional archway.

Star Wars Wedding Lightsaber Recessional – Rebel Belle Weddings

No strangers to continuity and detail, Jen and Ryan knew they’d need to come up with some type of through-line to incorporate their many, many themes. Enter Game of Thrones. Each fandom was transformed into a specific House (and table name), complete with an appropriate sigil.

Game of Thrones Geek Wedding House Sigils – Rebel Belle Weddings

Each table was then themed accordingly, featuring centerpieces and custom chargers handcrafted by the couple.

Of course, it would be disrespectful if they failed to appropriately honor the host venue:

House Frog Muppet Wedding Dinner Charger – Rebel Belle Weddings

Oh…and another thing. This dinner took place under both “stars” and “planets,” the latter in the form of hand painted lanterns created by the groom’s mom Juli.

Glowing “planet” lanterns. Carefully arranged to ensure no warring factions were near each other.

Finally, Jen and Ryan were careful to choose vendors who would have as much fun with these details as they did. Of course, then Henson team was automatically in. And Team Rebel Belle was kind of a given. But, let me tell you how impressed we all were with the team from Summit Event Cateringwho positively THREW themselves into the spirit of the night!

And with that, it’s time to bring this love fest to a close. It is with my deepest gratitude that I thank Jen & Ryan for allowing the Rebel Belle team to join them on this journey. From the planning meetings to the day itself, we had nothing but fun the whole way through. We love you guys and wish you a long lifetime together filled with the bestest, geekiest, silliest, fun-filled nerdy happiness! And in the tradition of my personal favorite fandom, I’m going to end this post by exclaiming: “Qapla’!”